Help shape the financial future of one of the UK’s leading social care charities At Community Integrated Care, our purpose is simple but powerful – to support people to live their best possible lives. Behind every great support service is strong, reliable financial stewardship, and we’re now looking for a Group Management Accountant to play a critical role in ensuring our financial information is accurate, insightful and trusted across the organisation. This is a high‑impact, nationally focused role where your expertise will directly support operational leaders and senior stakeholders to make informed, values‑led financial decisions that protect the long‑term sustainability of our charity. This is a full time permanent role with regular attendance at our head office in Widnes as and when required so the ideal candidate will be based within an hours commute of Widnes. What is " The Deal " for you? Flexibility: You can work your 37.5 hours over 4 days and enjoy a long weekend, or split the hours over 5 days to accommodate your other commitments. Pension: contributory pension scheme Benefits: retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through our benefits app Best Lives Possible: You'll be working for an award winning charity who is passionate about ensuring our colleagues and the people we support lead the best lives bolder Development: We'll work with you to develop your career or to learn and experience new things. We're passionate about developing our people! Support: From our Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7), financial support options, and wellbeing fund you'll have the support available to lead an easier (financial) life Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role: As Group Management Accountant, you will lead the production, integrity and continuous improvement of our national management accounts across England and Scotland. You’ll ensure that income, expenditure, balance sheet and cash flow reporting accurately reflects our trading performance and provides meaningful insight to operational and finance leaders. You will work closely with Finance Business Partners, operational leaders and central finance teams to deliver high‑quality reporting, robust controls and efficient month‑end processes – all while championing best practice and continuous improvement. In this varied and high-profile role, you will: Financial reporting & insight Lead the full month‑end management accounts process, including consolidation, variance analysis, accruals, prepayments and journal review. Produce and analyse Income & Expenditure reports, balance sheets and cash flow statements, ensuring accuracy, integrity and compliance. Deliver high‑quality KPI and performance reporting to support operational decision‑making. Provide clear financial guidance to operational leaders, including new admissions costings and financial queries. Controls, risk & compliance Develop and maintain a comprehensive internal finance control and risk self‑assessment (CRSA) for management accounting activities. Ensure strong segregation of duties and robust journal approval processes at month‑end. Act as first‑line support for external auditors on income and expenditure queries. Payroll & non‑staff costs Maintain and reconcile payroll control accounts, investigating and resolving discrepancies in partnership with payroll colleagues. Monitor, approve and accurately account for non‑staff costs to ensure management accounts truly reflect performance. Operational excellence & transformation Lead continuous improvement of month‑end close and reporting processes to increase efficiency, accuracy and timeliness. Enhance financial reporting for operational leaders, ensuring outputs are clear, user‑friendly and actionable. Develop and monitor departmental KPIs and SLAs to continuously improve service delivery. People & leadership Coach, mentor and develop Management Account Specialists, supporting capability and performance. Support senior finance leaders to set expectations, drive engagement and build a high‑performing management accounts function. Your values: Our ideal candidate: Essential ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified or finalist. Significant experience producing management accounts, ideally within a charity or complex multi‑site organisation. Strong technical accounting knowledge with the ability to interpret trends and explain financial performance clearly. Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large volumes of financial data. Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to work with non‑financial stakeholders. Desirable Experience in the health or social care sector. Exposure to process improvement, controls development or finance transformation initiatives. Why join Community Integrated Care? Be part of a values‑driven national charity making a genuine difference to people’s lives. Work in a high‑profile finance role with real influence on operational and strategic decision‑making. Join a collaborative, supportive finance community committed to excellence and continuous improvement. Enjoy opportunities to grow your leadership capability in a complex, rewarding environment. Ready to make an impact? If you’re a management accountant who thrives on accuracy, insight and purpose – and you want your work to truly matter – we’d love to hear from you. Together, we’ll ensure every pound is used wisely to help people live their best possible lives. Please note, if you are interested in this role, we welcome your application as soon as possible! Depending on the volume of applications received, the vacancy may be closed before the expected advertising end date. Interested and want to know a bit more? To find out more about our charity check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zYkoj7x8s We’re really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues are not only encouraged to share their thoughts, but where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level. In our 2025 Colleague Engagement Survey, 59% (nearly 3,800) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of 34. The Employee Net Promoter Score is a measure of how willing our colleagues are to recommend us as a good place to work to their loved ones – and a score of 34 is considered a Very Good score when compared to global benchmarks set by hundreds of other organisations.